Hairdressing implement



Dec. 27, 1927.

H. DURLACHER HAIR DRESSING IMPLEMENT Filed Dec. 20. 1926 Patented Dec. 27, 1927.? i

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMANN DURLACHEB, O1 HAMBURG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM: "VE- REINIGTE GELLULOIDWABENI'ABRIKEN GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESGHBKNKTE B HAI- TUNG, O F KREFELD, GERMANY.

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Application filed December 20, 1826, Serial No. 156,022, and in Germany October 13, 1928.-

The pre sent invention refers to a hair dressing implement which is particularly well, adapted to treat or dress bobbed hair. The ladies bob-frisures now-a-days require, as experience proves, to be well taken care of. Females having had their hair bobbed therefore generally have combs with them for occasional use. The usual brushes mostly are too unhandy to be carried about. Narrow brushes, it is true, exist which may be placed in hand bags, however, they are alwtliys independent implements for themse ves.

The present article whi ch no doubt may be also useful for men, combines in itself a comb and a brush in such manner that the comb teeth and the bristles posite -di1ections. Another eature of the inventionconsists ina peculiar construction of the comb proper, which diifers from the usual combs in this that the teeth are made short and emerge from furrows, which may be said to be created by partly filling up the gap between the teeth. This construction has the advantage that the hair is not injured too much, when making use of the inim-plement. A too frequent use of a comb having the usual long teeth as experience shows not only is detrimental for undulations or curls but even for the hair itself,

, since by combing frequently a loss of hair is noticed. The particular shape of the'new comb has the efi'echit is true. of a less thorough combing but more of a smoothing. This fact togetl'icr with the bristles on the hack of the comb turns it into a very practical and simple hair dressing im lcment,

which conveniently may becarried'a ut in a pocket and answers all purposes of a lady.

In the drawing an im lement is shown by way of example, whic answers the requirements of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is an elevation, and

Fig. 2 an end view of the implement. Figs. 3 and 4 are end views of modifica tio reject in op- In the c0nstruction shown the comb-body 5 1s rovlded with a handle 4 and with short I com -1ike teeth 6. These teeth differ from those of an ordinary comb inasmuch as the intermediate spaces or gaps are halfway or rows of bristles, one, two and three rows being shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 2 respectively. The brush may be integral with the body of the comb as shown in Fi 2, or may be detachable for facilitating c caning. With this object in view the bristles are attached to a bar 10, wh'1ch in the construction shown in Fig. 3 is of U-shaped cross-section, and in the construction shown in Fig. 4 is dovetailed. In the former instance the bar 10 embla s a correspondingly shaped offset orshoul er 9 of the body 5, and in the latter case it fits into a dove-tailed undercut groove in said-body.

The material of which the implement is made may be born, bone, ivo celluloid, galalite, artificial horn or the l' e.

I claim:

A hair dressing implement comprising a combination comb and brush formin aunitary structure, the brush having its ristles projecting in a direction opposite to but in the same central plane as the teeth of the comb and being slidably detachable from the body of the comb, and the comb having gaps between .the teeth merging into furrows 1n the body of the comb and forming web-like portions between the teeth whereby the teeth proper are conres ondingly shortened.

In testimony w ereof I have signed my name to this specification. 

